1983 in hip hop music

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This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 1983.

Released albums

Release Date	Artist	Album
July 8	Whodini	Whodini
Unknown	Kurtis Blow	Party Time?
Unknown	Jonzun Crew	Lost in Space
Unknown	Malcolm McLaren	Duck Rock
Unknown	The Sugarhill Gang	Rappin' Down Town
Unknown	Warp 9	It's a Beat Wave
Unknown	The Sequence	The Sequence Party
Unknown	Wild Style	Wild Style Original Soundtrack
Unknown	Afrika Bambaataa	Death Mix
Unknown	Beastie Boys	Cooky Puss EP
Unknown	Cybotron	Enter